safety fuse
Britishnoun
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a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
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an electrical fuse that protects a circuit from overloading
Example Sentences
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In each room there will be one lamp with its switch to turn it on or off as desired, and a safety fuse.
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Besides luncheon baskets and materials to make lemonade, we had taken along axes, two crowbars, two lanterns, four pounds of blasting powder and three feet of safety fuse.
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A safety fuse blew out, causing the flare and the explosion, and a piece of the soft lead-like metal had hit the red-haired lad in the eye.
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Let us look at the safety fuse; why, there is none! it has been missed out.
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If this cannot be felt, there must be some part or other disconnected, perhaps the safety fuse has given out, or the ends of the leads got adrift from the bracket.
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